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League Almanac

The 2028 season

Cleveland State won the national title over Georgia, 34-24

College Football Playoff

First Round

Charlotte35
Kansas State21
Baylor13
Ohio State26
Tulane28
Miami (OH)31
Ohio28
Notre Dame7

Quarterfinals

Charlotte42
NC State24
Cleveland State45
Ohio State38
Miami (OH)38
Middle Tennessee31
Georgia14
Ohio13

Semifinals

Charlotte28
Cleveland State45
Miami (OH)28
Georgia31

National Championship

Cleveland State34
Georgia24

Final AP Top 25

  1. 1Cleveland State
  2. 2Georgia
  3. 3Miami (OH)
  4. 4Kansas State
  5. 5Middle Tennessee
  6. 6Ohio
  7. 7Charlotte
  8. 8Notre Dame
  9. 9NC State
  10. 10Ohio State
  11. 11Tulane
  12. 12USC
  13. 13Texas A&M
  14. 14Baylor
  15. 15Miami (FL)
  16. 16UMass
  17. 17California
  18. 18Michigan
  19. 19Oregon State
  20. 20Wake Forest
  21. 21Iowa
  22. 22Tulsa
  23. 23Clemson
  24. 24Penn State
  25. 25San Diego State

Conference champions

ConferenceChampionTitle game
ACCNC Statedef. Clemson 20-17
Big 12Cleveland Statedef. Ohio 48-17
Big TenOregondef. USC 49-21
SECGeorgiadef. LSU 33-14
Pac-12Californiadef. San Diego State 23-17
AACCharlottedef. North Texas 13-5
C-USAMiddle Tennesseedef. Louisiana Tech 25-21
MACUMassdef. Ball State 34-20
Mountain WestAir Forcedef. New Mexico 27-21
Sun BeltLouisianadef. Marshall 24-17

Award winners

AwardWinnerSchool
HeismanAmar'e HockerCleveland State
MaxwellAmar'e HockerCleveland State
CampAmar'e HockerCleveland State
BednarikOwen LongColorado State
NagurskiWill SmithTulsa
O'BrienAmar'e HockerCleveland State
WalkerBaraka NwangwuCleveland State
BiletnikoffGordon BuggsMiami (OH)
MackeyKareem DugganCleveland State
OutlandSullivan AbsherNotre Dame
RimingtonGarrison YusafStanford
LombardiChris BurgeUAB
ButkusOwen LongColorado State
ThorpeNate CavkaCleveland State
GrozaVinny LeClairLouisiana Tech
GuyRobert McCrackenSan Diego State

Final conference standings · top four

Big 12

  1. Cleveland State
  2. Ohio
  3. Kansas State
  4. Miami (OH)

ACC

  1. NC State
  2. Clemson
  3. Florida State
  4. Miami (FL)

Big Ten

  1. Oregon
  2. USC
  3. Michigan
  4. Penn State

SEC

  1. Georgia
  2. LSU
  3. Texas A&M
  4. Mississippi State

Pac-12

  1. California
  2. San Diego State
  3. Stanford
  4. Oregon State

AAC

  1. Charlotte
  2. North Texas
  3. East Carolina
  4. Tulsa

C-USA

  1. Middle Tennessee
  2. Louisiana Tech
  3. Western Kentucky
  4. Sam Houston

Independents

  1. Notre Dame
  2. UConn

MAC

  1. UMass
  2. Ball State
  3. Buffalo
  4. Western Michigan

Mountain West

  1. Air Force
  2. New Mexico
  3. UNLV
  4. Hawai'i

Sun Belt

  1. Louisiana
  2. Marshall
  3. Arkansas State
  4. James Madison

All-Americans · first team

Offense

Defense

Special Teams